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Originally Posted by Red
Yes fans complain about a lot, but really, can anyone justify playing Brouwer on the PP? You tried, we all heard, but really, it is beyond ridiculous to play him there. 0 friggen goals....how does someone with 0 goals get PP time? And it took how long to remove him? Same for Hamilton and Gio. They should have been on the first unit. The PP struggled all season but we kept throwing Brouwer and Brodie on the first unit. Many points were lost because both failed that task miserably.
He overplayed the 4th line. The Flames 4th line is one of if not the worst league wide, but somehow gets more ice than other team's 4th lines. Why?
He has been shortening the bench lately, I will give him that. But its desperation at this point. We are probably not making the playoffs. Why wasn't he trying to win more earlier? He seems to be too methodological in how to play in a long season and now we are short a few points because of it. It's like resting your players in game 7. Why not play your hot players more, regardless of what game of the season? The points count the same. Is he outthinking himself? Almost seems like it. Sure i get the benefit, we are not injured a lot, but again, matters not when you are not winning anyways.
So yes, there is a good case why this fan base is all over GG. He has done jack to instil confidence or trust and the results are simply not there.
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A. The powerplay didn't struggle all year long. It sucked after Versteeg went down (though IMO it had issues before then, that had more to do with puck movement than Brouwer).
B. Brouwer was supposed to be a powerplay guy. And he was taken off of the power play about 1/4 though the season. He got back on briefly when Frolik went down.
C. The fourth line plays less than 10 minutes per game. And Stajan and Lazar have been playing well. They also defend better than Bennett and Jankowski, so they got more D zone starts as a result.